A murder trial in Edmonton has heard that a five-year-old girl had deep bruises on many parts of her small body.
Shalaina Arcand’s mother, Lauren Lafleche, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, failure to provide the necessaries of life and assault with weapons including a belt and a spatula.
Court has heard the mother called 911 in October 2015 and the girl died later in hospital.
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Pathologist Mitchell Weinberg testified that Shalaina had serious head injuries when she arrived at the hospital.
She also had various bruises, a cut under her upper lip and a damaged kidney.
He says the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head.
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